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Channel 4 sets out AI principles
https://www.advanced-television.com/2025/05/01/channel-4-sets-out-ai-principles/
Published: May 1, 2025 13:01
UK commercial PSB Channel 4 has published its principles as how it sees, and plans to use Artificial Intelligence (AI) in its future activities. Outlining its mission statement regarding AI usage, the broadcaster said: “At Channel 4, we believe AI is here…
Ofcom: EE, Virgin Media continue to lead pay-TV complaints
Published: May 1, 2025 09:46
Ofcom has published the latest figures for complaints the media regulator received about the UK’s major telecoms and pay-TV providers. These figures cover the period from October to December 2024 and represent complaints made by customers about their…
BBC Studios launching BBC NL+ in Netherlands
https://www.advanced-television.com/2025/05/01/bbc-studios-launching-bbc-nl-in-netherlands/
Published: May 1, 2025 08:37
BBC Studios is expanding its content offering for audiences in the Netherlands with the launch of a multi-genre VoD and streaming service, BBC NL+. The service will launch with KPN later this year. The new service will complement BBC Studios’ linear…
Encompass, Zixi move BBC World Service to IP distribution
Published: May 1, 2025 08:00
Encompass Digital Media, in partnership with Zixi, is leading transformation of the BBC World Service’s global distribution from satellite to IP-based delivery. The first major milestone was reached at the end of March, and delivered the full transition to…
Virgin Media TV offers free Fit at Home app
https://www.advanced-television.com/2025/05/01/virgin-media-tv-offers-free-fit-at-home-app/
Published: April 30, 2025 23:21
Virgin TV customers can jump into the fitness app, Fit at Home, and enjoy exclusive access to over 500 workouts for 3 months from the comfort of their own home for free (usually £10 per month). Customers who sign up to the offer before June 30th will also…
EUIPO steps up live event piracy fight
https://www.advanced-television.com/2025/05/01/euipo-steps-up-live-event-piracy-fight/
Published: April 30, 2025 23:00
The European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) has hosted two events in Alicante related to the fight against live event piracy: (1) the fourth meeting of the Dedicated Network of administrative authorities on live event piracy, and (2) the…
Data: Apps transforming CTV ad buying
https://www.advanced-television.com/2025/04/30/data-apps-transforming-ctv-ad-buying/
Published: April 30, 2025 11:41
Samsung Ads has published new analysis of Smart TV users, revealing how the growing fragmentation of TV is shaping the new reality for TV advertisers. Behind the Screens: TV Phone Home takes app usage insights from the largest deterministic data set in…
Report: VoD consumers streamlining entertainment choices
Published: April 30, 2025 10:02
TiVo, a wholly owned subsidiary of entertainment technology company Xperi, has released its Q4 2024 Video Trends Report and found consumers in the US and Canada have begun to declutter their video libraries, in an effort to simplify their entertainment…
Report: UK advertising records £42.6bn spend in 2024
https://www.advanced-television.com/2025/04/30/report-uk-advertising-records-42-6bn-spend-in-2024/
Published: April 30, 2025 09:15
The latest Advertising Association/WARC Expenditure Report shows that the UK’s ad market recorded a 10.4 per cent increase in investment to a total of £42.6 billion (€50.09bn) in 2024. The latest dataset shows online formats, when combined, grew 13.2 per…
SES Q1: 8.4% Networks uptick
https://www.advanced-television.com/2025/04/30/ses-q1-8-5-networks-uptick/
Published: April 30, 2025 07:11
SES has published its Q1 2025 results, reporting that it signed €360 million in new business during the quarter. The two highlights were the satellite operator’s Networks division which saw revenue grow 8.4 per cent YoY and its Government segment improve…
Lanzano stepping down at TVB
https://www.advanced-television.com/2025/04/30/lanzano-stepping-down-at-tvb/
Published: April 30, 2025 03:33
The Television Bureau of Advertising (TVB) has announced that Steve Lanzano, President and Chief Executive Officer of TVB, will retire at the end of 2025. Lanzano has served as the head of the trade association since January 2010. In his over 30 years of…
Bark TV FAST channel on Xumo
https://www.advanced-television.com/2025/04/30/bark-tv-fast-channel-on-xumo/
Published: April 29, 2025 23:00
Bark TV, a multiplatform channel featuring 24-hour-a-day programming dedicated to dog lovers, is now available as a free ad-supported TV (FAST) channel on Xumo Play on the US. Bark TV offers feel-good content from a mix of original programming and licensed…
Piracy in Portugal at “alarming” levels
https://www.advanced-television.com/2025/04/29/piracy-in-portugal-at-alarming-levels/
Published: April 29, 2025 09:18
Portugal’s piracy problem is reaching “alarming” levels, with an estimated 288,000 households illegally accessing digital and audiovisual services monthly. The claim comes from Pedro Mota Soares, the general secretary of Apritel, the Portuguese association…
Kuiper: Flawless launch for 1st satellite batch
https://www.advanced-television.com/2025/04/29/kuiper-flawless-launch-for-1st-satellite-batch/
Published: April 29, 2025 06:13
United Launch Alliance (ULA) placed a batch of Amazon’s Project Kuiper satellites into orbit at 7.01pm Florida time of the evening of April 28th. The undisclosed number of broadband satellites will eventually challenge SpaceX’s Starlink system. The KA-01…
Report: High satisfaction for home 5G in US
https://www.advanced-television.com/2025/04/29/report-high-satisfaction-for-home-5g-in-us/
Published: April 28, 2025 23:01
US mobile providers such as T-Mobile, AT&T and Verizon have been aggressively rolling out 5G home internet (also known as FWA, or fixed wireless access) over the past year. Penetration of the service has now reached 12 per cent, and more than half (56 per…
VICE Media acquires Cuba Pictures
https://www.advanced-television.com/2025/04/29/vice-media-acquires-cuba-pictures/
Published: April 28, 2025 23:00
VICE Media has announced the acquisition of Cuba Pictures, the UK based television and film production company, from Curtis Brown Group, the talent and literary representation company. Cuba Pictures will become a label within VICE Studios, expanding the…
Mahon stepping down at Channel 4
https://www.advanced-television.com/2025/04/28/mahon-stepping-down-at-channel-4/
Published: April 28, 2025 12:53
Channel 4 has announced that Alex Mahon will be stepping down down as CEO of the UK broadcaster this summer. She joined the organisation in 2017 as the channel’s first female CEO. Channel 4’s Chief Operating Officer, Jonathan Allan, will serve as interim…
Report: UK screen industries employ over 190,000 people
Published: April 28, 2025 12:50
A new pilot study from ScreenSkills and 4Skills, conducted by Ampere Analysis, has provided a detailed look at the British Screen Industry’s off-screen workforce, enabling ScreenSkills to develop the talent and expertise required to build an inclusive and…
Study: Women’s sport has a broad appeal
https://www.advanced-television.com/2025/04/28/study-womens-sport-has-a-broad-appeal/
Published: April 28, 2025 09:20
Sky Sports, in partnership with Gemba – the sports data & analytics company – has published a study on women’s sport fandom. Sky, which says it is the UK’s biggest investor in women’s sport’s rights, conducted in-depth research to uncover what’s driving…
Comcast Advertising announces international expansion
Published: April 28, 2025 06:19
Comcast Advertising, the advertising arm of Comcast, has announced the expansion of its international business, including a newly launched Media Solutions division, to align with the evolving needs of global clients and streamline media buying for…
Mediapro “regrets and retracts” La Liga attack
https://www.advanced-television.com/2025/04/28/mediapro-regrets-and-retracts-la-liga-attack/
Published: April 28, 2025 01:51
Earlier this April, La Liga, Spain’s top flight football league, announced that it had awarded its production contracts to HBS (Host Broadcast Services) and TSA (Telefónica Servicios Audiovisuales) – ending a decades-long production partnership with…
Starlink ups UK fees in congested areas
https://www.advanced-television.com/2025/04/28/starlink-ups-uk-fees-in-congested-areas/
Published: April 28, 2025 01:13
UK consumers are facing a surcharge of almost £200 (€235) over and above the initial signing on fee because of Starlink network congestion in some parts of the country, according to a report from Fibre Compare, Geoff Pestell, CEO at comparison site Fibre…
Truelink Capital invests in Channel Factory
https://www.advanced-television.com/2025/04/28/truelink-capital-invests-in-channel-factory/
Published: April 28, 2025 00:44
Truelink Capital has completed an investment in Channel Factory, the adtech company specialising in brand suitability, contextual targeting, and media optimisation solutions for digital advertising. Financial terms were not disclosed. Founded in 2014 by…
Pinkfong partners with TBS Television
https://www.advanced-television.com/2025/04/28/pinkfong-partners-with-tbs-television/
Published: April 28, 2025 00:28
The Pinkfong Company, the entertainment company behind the hit Baby Shark brand, has signed a strategic business agreement with TBS Television, one of Japan’s five major commercial broadcasters, for joint production and business collaboration. Through this…
LG launching 2025 QNED evo TVs
https://www.advanced-television.com/2025/04/28/lg-launching-2025-qned-evo-tvs/
Published: April 27, 2025 23:31
LG Electronics is rolling out its 2025 QNED evo lineup. The new QNED evo TVs inherit the differentiated value of LG OLED, along with various colour solutions, Mini LED technology, the latest α (Alpha) AI processor, top-tier gaming performance and the…
2025 BAFTA Television Craft Awards winners announced
https://www.advanced-television.com/2025/04/27/2025-bafta-television-craft-awards-winners-announced/
Published: April 27, 2025 08:27
BAFTA has announced the winners of the 2025 BAFTA Television Craft Awards at a ceremony in London. Celebrating the exceptional creativity, skill and craft of behind-the-scenes television talent and the best programmes of 2024. The following programmes won…
FCC assists in Paramount, Skydance merger
https://www.advanced-television.com/2025/04/25/fcc-assists-in-paramount-skydance-merger/
Published: April 25, 2025 12:49
The FCC has engaged with executives at Paramount Global in order to discuss possible actions that will help propel its proposed deal to merge with Skydance Media. Conversations between FCC officials and Paramount executives involve the media company’s…
Report: AANHPI consumers reshaping sports and digital media trends
Published: April 25, 2025 04:14
Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) consumers are driving major shifts in digital commerce, sports engagement, and beauty trends, according to a Nielsen report titled Breakthrough ROI: Investing in Asian American audiences and…
Netflix adds ‘dialogue only’ subtitles
https://www.advanced-television.com/2025/04/25/netflix-adds-dialogue-only-subtitles/
Published: April 25, 2025 02:02
Netflix is introducing a new subtitles option: original language that shows only the spoken dialogue. Until now, if viewers wanted subtitles in the original language, they’d turn on ‘Subtitles for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (SDH/CC)’, which includes not…
China helps IMAX to record Q1
https://www.advanced-television.com/2025/04/25/china-helps-imax-to-record-q1/
Published: April 25, 2025 01:23
Giant screen specialist IMAX enjoyed its highest-grossing Q1 ever at the global box office with $298 million (€262.5m) on the strength of a record-breaking Chinese New Year holiday, which delivered triple the company’s previous best with $182 million. The…
MiQ appoints Hargett as US Chief Revenue Officer
https://www.advanced-television.com/2025/04/25/261962/
Published: April 24, 2025 23:40
Programmatic media partner, MiQ, has announced the appointment of Marion Hargett as US Chief Revenue Officer. Joining from her most recent post as Vice President of Business Development for The Trade Desk, she brings with her 20+ years of transformative…
Shudder signs multi-project deal with The Boulet Brothers
Published: April 24, 2025 23:34
Shudder, AMC Networks’ horror-focused SVoD service, has announced a multiple project pickup deal with modern-day horror icons and drag superstars The Boulet Brothers. The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula, has been renewed for a seventh season, and the show’s…
OUTtv launches on YouTube TV in the US
https://www.advanced-television.com/2025/04/25/outtv-launches-on-youtube-tv-in-the-us/
Published: April 24, 2025 23:21
OUTtv, the LGBTQ+ streaming service, has launched on YouTube TV and YouTube Primetime Channels in the US. Beginning this week, subscribers can access OUTtv’s signature mix of original series, documentaries, reality shows, and feature films celebrating…
Pete Wicks: For Dogs’ Sake recommissioned by U&W
https://www.advanced-television.com/2025/04/25/pete-wicks-for-dogs-sake-recommissioned-by-uw/
Published: April 24, 2025 23:00
After a positive reception for seasion one, hit series Pete Wicks: For Dogs’ Sake returns to U&W and U for another two seasons (2x5x60’), plus a Christmas special (1×60’). The series, which is U&W’s highest unscripted premiere since 2016 and was the top…
Leadership changes at AAPA
https://www.advanced-television.com/2025/04/25/leadership-changes-at-aapa/
Published: April 24, 2025 23:00
Content protection trade body the Audiovisual Anti-Piracy Alliance (AAPA) has made significant changes within its leadership team following recent elections. Stepping into the role of Co-President is Cameron Andrews, Legal Director for Anti-Piracy at beIN…
Curiosity Stream on Prime Video in European markets
https://www.advanced-television.com/2025/04/25/curiosity-stream-on-prime-video-in-european-markets/
Published: April 24, 2025 23:00
Curiosity, a specialist in factual entertainment, has announced the launch of its flagship streaming service, Curiosity Stream, on Prime Video as an add-on subscription channel in Finland, The Netherlands, and Sweden. Like viewers in the US, UK, and India,…
Data: Prime Video, Apple TV+ lead new subs in Q1
https://www.advanced-television.com/2025/04/24/data-prime-video-apple-tv-lead-new-subs-in-q1/
Published: April 24, 2025 09:19
Kantar, the marketing data and analytics company, has revealed growing adoption of ad-supported streaming, strong competition between Prime Video and Apple TV+, and a breakout performance by Mubi, which recorded its best-ever quarter in the Entertainment…
Research: School’s out, screens on
https://www.advanced-television.com/2025/04/24/research-schools-out-screens-on/
Published: April 24, 2025 08:30
Virgin Media O2 has released data that shows children are reaching for screens as soon as school finishes, with a clear spike in broadband traffic at 3:40pm every weekday. The surge is being driven by data-heavy TV streaming and families watching YouTube. …